One Tree Hill (TV Series)

Danny Boy (2012)

James Lafferty: Nathan Scott

Quotes 

• Nathan Scott : [at the hospital]  Dad, why does this have to be so difficult? You're my father, so I should love you, but I've spent so much of my life hating you.

  Dan Scott : [nods]  I was a terrible father. I know this.

  Nathan Scott : You know, I can justify a lot of screwed-up things that you've done. You bullied me because you wanted to make me tough. You tried to ruin my marriage because you wanted me to have a career. You even burned down your diner just because you wanted to see me again. But I can't understand how you could murder your own brother. And I'm worried. I'm worried that when you're gone, that's all I'll remember. And I'll still hate you for it.

  Dan Scott : You should hate me for it.

  Nathan Scott : So why did you do it?

  Dan Scott : [shrugs]  I was always jealous of Keith. Even when we were kids. I was athletic, popular, all the things that he wasn't. But still I was jealous of him. And people were drawn to Keith, and I hated him for it.

  Nathan Scott : So you shot him because people liked him more?

  Dan Scott : The day I shot Keith, I was in a dark place. I was convinced that he tried to kill me. I'd lost you, I divorced your mom, my life was spiraling downwards, and meanwhile Keith was building a new life with my high school sweetheart and the child I abandoned, and every time I looked at him, I felt like I was punched in the gut.

  Nathan Scott : So what happened in that hallway?

  Dan Scott : Keith wanted to go into the school to save that kid. So I let him go... hoping he'd get shot. Let him be the hero, as long as he was a dead hero. And then I thought 'why should he be the hero when it could be me?' So I followed him in. Jimmy was crying... and Keith was telling him 'it gets better... that pain in your heart that tells you there's no way out, it's wrong... it gets better'. And I felt like he was talking to me. And in that moment, maybe the most heroic, kindest moment of my big brother's life, I hated him. I hated him more than anyone or anything, because nothing had gotten better. That pain was still in my heart. That voice in my head saying there was no way out was right! And he was standing there lying to me! And after Jimmy died, I picked up the gun, and I aimed it at Keith, and he looked at me. And all I could think of was how everything that had gone wrong was his fault. And it wasn't gonna get better until he was gone. Just pull the trigger and it all ends!

  [voice breaks] 

  Dan Scott : So I pulled that trigger! And it didn't end! It got worse. I'm so sorry.

  [weeps] 

  Dan Scott : I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry.

• Nathan Scott : [Dan has just flatlined]  Dad, Dad?

  [shakes him] 

  Nathan Scott : Hey, hey! Dad, come on!

  Dan Scott : [Nathan rushes to get help, Keith watches him leave... Dan's eyes open]  Keith.

  Keith Scott : [smiles]  Hi, Danny.

  Dan Scott : [Dan gets up out of bed and follows Keith out of the hospital room which transitions into the hallway where Keith was murdered]  What are we doing back here, Keith?

  Keith Scott : I don't think either one of us ever really left, Danny.

  Dan Scott : Keith, if I could take it back...

  Keith Scott : Well, you can't. I think we both know that.

  Dan Scott : I'm so sorry. For that day and every day before it.

  Keith Scott : [nods]  I know you are, Danny. And I forgive you.

  Dan Scott : I took you away from everyone and everything you ever cared about. How can you just forgive me?

  Keith Scott : Well, you're dead, Danny. If I can't forgive you now, when can I?

  [chuckles softly] 

  Keith Scott : Look Danny, you've done some horrific things. You can't change that, and you can't take it back. Since then, you've done everything you could to make up for it. You've become a better man.

  Dan Scott : [scoffs]  I lied about my heart transplant. My book and show were a fraud. I set my own diner on fire.

  Keith Scott : [smiles]  Well, I didn't say you were perfect. But nobody is. But you learned what's important. You learned to put friends and family first. And you've become the selfless, kind person that I always wanted for a brother.

  Dan Scott : Like the kind of brother you were. For so many years, I was so jealous of you. I should've been trying to be more like you. I should have been proud of you. I am proud of you. I love you, Keith.

  Keith Scott : [puts his hand on Dan's shoulder]  I love you too, Danny.

  [beckons towards Dan's room] 

  Keith Scott : Come on.

  Keith Scott : [they gaze at their grieving family standing over Dan's body]  I told you the voice was wrong... it gets better.

  [pause] 

  Keith Scott : Come on, little brother... take a walk with me.

  Dan Scott : [they walk towards a mysterious light at the end of the hall]  I know where you're going... but what about me?

  Keith Scott : Don't worry little brother, you're my 'plus one'.

  [Keith puts his hand on Dan's shoulder as they vanish into the light] 

• Nathan Scott : [Nathan and Julian are rushing Dan to the hospital in a stolen police car, Chris is driving]  Put the siren on!

  Julian Baker : I've never been in a cop car before! I don't know where the siren is!

  Dan Scott : [weakly]  It's the switch in the middle.

  Nathan Scott : [laughing at Dan's dry humor]  You're gonna be OK! You're gonna be OK, Dad!

• Nathan Scott : [at the hospital... Nathan is looking at a picture on Clay's phone]  You have a son?

  Clay Evans : Logan.

  Nathan Scott : How long have I been gone?

  Clay Evans : Six years, apparently.

  Nathan Scott : How is it that out of the two of us, I don't have the most shocking news?

  Clay Evans : That shouldn't have happened to you. It's my fault. I should have been the one to go to Europe.

  Nathan Scott : No... no you shouldn't have. Dan wouldn't have come to save you. He can't stand you.

  [both laugh] 

• Nathan Scott : [to Dan at the hospital]  Some people want to see you.

  Dan Scott : [smiling wryly]  Is it the cops?

  Nathan Scott : [returns smile]  Friends and family.

  Dan Scott : I didn't know I had either.

• Nathan Scott : [Nathan and Julian have just arrived at the hospital with Dan... Haley has just shown up]  Hi, Hales.

  Haley James Scott : Say that again.

  Nathan Scott : Hi, Hales.

  [she rushes into his arms] 

• Nathan Scott : [after Nate and Haley have reunited in the hospital and Nate is being evaluated by the doctors]  You know you don't have to stay here with me the whole time.

  Haley James Scott : [hugging Nate]  Are you kidding me? I'm never gonna let you go. If I could sew my skin to yours, I would.

  Nathan Scott : That's really gross.

• Nathan Scott : [Nathan and Chris are rushing Dan to the hospital in a stolen police car, Chris is driving]  Put the siren on!

  Julian Baker : I've never been in a cop car before! I don't know where the siren is!

  Dan Scott : [weakly]  It's the switch in the middle.

  Nathan Scott : [laughing at the irony]  You're gonna be OK! You're gonna be OK, Dad!